At a meeting of the brahmins, there is consternation about the new social changes. Champa tells Nagaraju that the sweetness of his song haunts her-would he teach her to sing and attain the unreachable heights of ecstacy? Nagaraju touches her fondly, but she darts away exclaiming: “Dreams! It is not right for a brahmin to touch a mala.” She is infuriated to discover Nagiah eavesdrop and screams: “Haven’t I told you before not to touch me?!” Nagaraju comes and slaps Nagiah: “Have you no shame, you brute, fool!” Nagiah goes away telling Champa not to entertain mindless hopes and that he would marry her.ġ0. Unseen by them, Nagiah (who loves Champa) enters the cave and eavesdrops. Nagaraju too sings a song praising Krishna.ĩ. Inside the cave temple, Nagaraju and the sisters are at first shocked to discover that they belong to different castes, but soon find a common reference point in lord Krishna who hates neither brahmins nor malas. The viewer can make out that their song also refers to Nagaraju who is pursuing them unobserved. Muniah’s daughters Champalata and Anasuya prance to their cave temple, teasingly singing a song in praise of lord Krishna, the dark-skinned son of a cowherd. When a fight threatens to break out between the brahmins and the untouchables, the Congress volunteers led by Chaudhary intervene and stop the malas from forcing their way into the temple.Ĩ. Glimpses of a wide range of communities that make up Indian society are seen, ranged between the marching untouchables and the upper castes praying in the temple. The malas march towards the Shiva temple on the morning of Shivarathri.
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